Garment



Patented Sept. 18, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Israel Abzug; NewYork, N. Appl catio Oc ob r 3 erial N 561.33%

{Claims (01. 2-',2 3?) Myv present invention relates enerally to a nether .garment'and more particularly to that type knownasslacks. I

tSlaoks are generally characterized 19y a rela: tivelyrapid narrowing upwardly from the hips to leave a top opening which is reiatively restricted to closely engage about the relatively narrow portion of the "body immediately abovethe hip. Such garment requires some arrangement or pro: vision whereby this opening can be. enlarged or expanded so that the garment can be passed over the hips.

.One of the general objectsof my inventionis an improved arrangement whereby the open top may be opened or enlarged sufficiently to pass the garment top over the hips of the wearer and more particularly the attainment of this object without employing either'a front or sideopening and the means required for closing such opening. Another object of 1 my invention is a novel. are rangement for engaging about the waist of the wearer tosupport the garment therefrom and more particularly of suchan arrangement wherein. thegarmentmay he supported prelimi: nary and prior to the closing of the waist-hand. Another object of my invention is the provision of pockets so related and devised that. theiafores mentioned preliminary waist-engagement isefe fected thereby.

'Another object of my invention is the provision of an arrangement for normally holding the pockets fully extended. Another object of my invention is theprovision of pockets to which access may be had more readily. l H

The general object of my invention is the pros vision of a new simplified and. improvedgarment of the character referred to whose appearance is enhanced and wherein a front opening is en.- tirely eliminated and garment retention and re: lease effected in a novel manner and wherein the pockets are normally maintained fullyextended and are more readily accessible.

For the attainment oftheseohjects and such other objectsas-may hereinafter appear .oriibe pointed out, Ihave illustrated one. embodiment of my invention inthe drawing, wherein:. 1 Figure 1 is a perspective showingmyagarment on awea-rer; i j

Figure 2 is an enlarged front view. of the upper orwaistsembracing portion of the garment with the front dropped to expose to .viewthe underlyingparts; j .9 Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on line its-e3 ofli igurel; i

Fi ure. 4 shews th uppe or wa st and ip-engaging portion of the garment, with the front only partially released; and

5 is a per p c e of t r ht-hand pocket of Fi ures 1 and .3 a t app a b re assemb ed nto the garment.

"The arm nti lust at d s o the t ou r typ avin less; In d 1.! w ic may he. entirely Q0111 ventional Before describin my i vent on I w l r m that; the inv ntion r sid s in the mann o c nstructingthat portion of the front of a n th r armen which extends from th h p to th wa s r inez the nve t on has been il ustrat d as mb d d in a trouser arm nt of the s ac s type- A characteristic about whi h my inven i n revolves is the fact thatthe portion of the garment beginning with the arrows upwardly to a restricted-opening which engages about the waisteline of the wearer and fits the'body from thatline down-tozthe garments of this ty e requireseme arrangement where y h restricted. opening at thewaist-line can be ex: panded or opened so that the arment ,canbe passed freely over the wider hip portions of the wearer.

Referring now to the fignr,eS .-.Qf. the drawing, it will beobserved that the garment is shown as comprised of a back and a front and iollowing the conventional practice the back; is formed of twohalves l8 and 19 which are joined b rear seam 20 which runs from the waist-line centrally ,of the back downwardly along the back around the crotch and upwardly along the front half as is conventional of garments of the trouser type. iThelegs'lll and II are closed on the inside by the inseams .(not shown) and on. the outside :by the sideseams :30 which terminate at points 22 and :23 respectively. These terminal pointsmay be about at the level of the hips of the wearer but above the garment .cmtch.

I The garment back is provided with a waistband section 2| which is extended at both ends or sides partway around the front as shown at 25 and 2B in Figure 2. These extensions terminate short of each other so that their innermost edges 27 and 2-8 are in spaced apart relation about as shown in said figure. The purpose and reason for this arrangement will shortly appear.

The garment front is .cut away at its sides beginnin at the aforementioned points 22 and 23 to leave the curved side edges l5 and 5 which converge toward thewaist=line and narrow the upp'erportion of-the front as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2, As a result this narrowed upper portion of the front which is above the line connecting points 22 and 23, is free of attachment or support and may take a position such as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing. This narrowed upper portion of the garment front member is provided at its top edge with a waist-band section 35 which is shown in the various figures as of a length slightly greatly than the space which separates the waist-band extensions 25 and 26 and as so positioned that when the-front-is closed (see Figure 1) in themanner shortly to be pointed out, the waist-band section 35 will. slightly overlap both extensions 25 and 26.

These overlapping .1; waist-band portions 25, 26 and 35 are provided with inter-engaging elements whereby the waist-"- band section 35 may be releasably securedto the V ends of the waist-band sections 25and ,26 respeetively to thereby complete thewaistbandstructure. In the drawing, these releasable securing by reference to Figure 5, wherein afabri'c sec-- tion (preferably of the same material as that of which the garment is made) out to propershape and size, is doubled over around line 45; and the curved edges at the bottom of the halves, joined by seam 46. assembly with the garment and as having the free edges5ll, 5l, 52, and 53. The side edge 50 is. cut to the curvature of the edge 15 at the side of the upper part ofthe garment front and is securedthereto in any preferred or desired manner as by seaming. The other free side edge 5| is secured to the side edge of the righthalf IQ of the back from the point 23, upwardly to the waist-band extension 26, to thus complete the side seam of thetrousersat the right. 4 1 V L Thetop edge 53is'secured' to the bottom of .the waist-band section 25'andiupon' r'eferen'ceto Fig ures 2 and 4, it will-be observed'that this at.- tachment terminatesshort'of the .extremefree end or edge 28 of the member 26 and that it.is onlya small part of .the length of the top edge that is so secured. As a result the pocket when fully extended will reach to .andlslightlyibeyond the central point-of the front. As a further result ofthis arrangement the .outer portion of the waist-bandextension 26 is free ofattachment to the upper edge of, the pocket which. facilitates the assembly of the waist-band sections as will bepointedout.

Thepocket at the left may in all respects, duplicate the pocket shown in Figure,5, and is shownwith its corresponding edges 50, 5| and 53 secured to theback member, the front member and with the waist-band section 25 inthe same manner asset-forth above, of the pocket on the right. a A feature of myinvention is. thatthe pockets are'of a widthat. the top so that. when fully extended their 7. innermost upper corner Y portions overlap and the provision of means for releasably securing theseoverlapping inner'portions of the pockets to eachother inany preferred or desired manner as by a button 10 (see Figurefi) onthe Figure 5 shows the pocket before overlap of one pocket which engages wtih a button-hole in the overlap of the other pocket. The pockets are thus maintained in the extended relationship shown in Figure 2. In this relation the pockets complete the embracement around the waist of the wearer and support the garment therefrom before and without requiring that the front be raised from its pendant position of Figure 2 and secured in its elevated position of Figure 1 by means such as that shown at 49, 4|, 42, and 43. This facilitates the closing of the front of the garment. In addition, it provides a.

brace underlying the garment from which gives thegarment front the effect of flatness which is "sohighly desired. This arrangement serves also tomaintainthe pockets fully extended and gives the benefits which flow therefrom. The assembly' o'f-the'wa'ist-band section 35 with the waistband sections 25 and 26 is also facilitated by the fact that the terminal end portions of the latter are"freeofattachme'rit and-c'anshift for facilitating the assembly of'these iwaistb'and sections;

I thus attain a garment which" dispenses-with an'opening' at'the' front or sidesof the garment and whose appearance.isenh'anced at? the waistline. I'als'o attain an improved-pocket construction to which'access can be 'more readilyhad by a; downward movement of the hands through the relatively wide opening Cleft same top? 'by.ithe curvededges I5 and .lfi'as contraedistinguished' from the conventional'po'ckets wherein'access is had through the sides. In addition I attain, by

means of my pocket: arrangement, what is in effect a. brace around the waist' which supports the garment 'while-the front' is being'clo'sed and thereafter acts to' flatten the "front of lth wearer at thewaist-line. I-Iaving thus described my invention. and'il'lu'strated itsuse, what I claim as new and 'desire to secure by Letters Pat'ent,:is: 1

'1. A trouser garment of 'the slacks type'comprising aback'and a flyless front secured together by side seams which terminate at points substan-. tially below the garmenttop to thereby leavethe side edges of .the' frontabove "said points; without permanent securer'n'ent and. the upper portionpof the. front therefore. freelto. drop, and. means. for releasably securing the upper portion; of. the front elevated to close the garment on .a-;'wearer-, and pockets underlying .the garmenti,;'front,. each packet having front and rear wallsclosedat their inner and bottom edges andsubstantially :disconnected from each. other-along their outer -.or side edges and along their, upper edges, each pocket havmg one of its outer side edges securedin a side seam of the garment andits other side edge secured to thatporti'oh-of. a :sideiedgei of the front which isfree of'permanentsec'uremerit, and means forsecuring the extremeinner. top corners of the pockets to'eachotherto-complete a waist engaging-brace which;underlies the earment front .and whichlwill retain the garment engaged about the waist ofr'aiwearer :when the, upper portion of the front is dropped: 1 f

2. A trouser garment of thEiSlflCkS' type come prising a back and a fiyless' front seeur'edtogether by side seams which terminate -atnpoints substantially below the waist-band to' thereby-I leave the side edges of the front above said points-without permanent securement and the'upper. portionfpf the front therefore free. to 'dropithefback having a ,waist band strip at its top 1 edge which: is: extended at each end for a substantialidistance beyond the, side seam and to thegarmentifront, said extensions terminating short-ofthe'icenter line of the front so that the extreme inner ends of said waist-band strip extensions are in spaced apart relation at the garment front, said upper portion of the front having the portions of its side edges which are devoid of permanent securement, converging to gradually narrow it from said terminal points of securement t an upper edge whose minimum length is at least equal to the opening between the extreme ends of said waist-band strip extensions, and means for releasably securing the upper end of the front to the inner ends of said waist-band strip extension at points which are removed inwardly of the side seams for a substantial distance, and pockets underlying the garment front, each pocket having front and rear walls closed at their inner and bottom edges and substantially disconnected from each other along their outer or side edges and along their upper edges, each pocket having one of its outer side edges secured in a side seam of the garment and its other side edge secured to that portion of a side edge of the front which is free of permanent securement, and means for securing the extreme inner top corners of the pockets to each other to complete a waist engaging brace for the garment which underlies the garment front and which will retain the garment engaged about the waist of a wearer when the upper portion of the front is dropped.

ISRAEL ABZUG. 

